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1984 Buick Lesabre Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

Data refreshed

Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
5
Latest Nov 1, 1999
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
2
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Jan 30, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1984 Buick Lesabre. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–5 of 5

Engine
Filed Nov 1, 1999
Fire reported

ENGINE FAILURE RESULTED IN VEHICLE FIRE. FIRE CONSUMED THE WHOLE VEHICLE (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). NLM

NHTSA ID
549326
Incident
Sep 29, 1999
Electrical
Filed Aug 14, 1998
Fire reported

WHILE SITTING IN VEHICLE, RADIO ON, IT STARTED SMOKING, CAUGHT FIRE, ENGINE BLEW, VEHICLE TOTALLED, DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID
826693
Incident
Aug 5, 1998
Engine
Filed Jan 30, 1997

VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. (NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE REPORT)

NHTSA ID
514035
Incident
Nov 30, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Jun 21, 1995

THE REAR PASSENGER LAP SEATBELTS NEVER COME OUT AND HAVE NEVER WORKED. THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE WORKS BUT NOT THE TWO SIDES. TT

NHTSA ID
967436
Incident
Jul 20, 1984
Interior & seats
Filed Jan 30, 1995

PASSENGER SIDE RECLINING SEAT BROKE AND FELL BACKWARDS. TT

NHTSA ID
959338
Incident
Dec 17, 1988

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

Data on this page last refreshed .